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Home GIVEAWAYS & PROMOTIONAL COMICS - Government and corporate Wonder Book of Rubber PRD-2-2069 (1969)
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Krac scans, a nonny moose edits. Prob Circa 1969 BF Goodrich

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Username: LONIE DAVIS
Comment: VERY COOL ! LOVE THE COLOR PICTURES AND INFORMATION ABOUT RUBBER ! FOR ME THIS IS A MUST HAVE FOR ANY REAL ENTHUSIAST OF COMIC BOOKS ! OH AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR UPLOADING THIS LITTLE GEM !
 
 

Issue: #PRD 2-2069
Published: 1969, Price: 0.00 FREE, Pages: 32, Editing:
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U.S.; Later Standard Silver Age U.S. Paper Stock: Semi-matt White Stock Cover (first Edition); Newsprint Cover (all Later Editions); Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series; Giveaway
Notes: The 1969 date from the product code number on the back of the comic, PRD 2-2069.
 Comic Contents:
Cover (1 page)
Credits: Letters: typeset
Genre: Non-fiction Advocacy Math and Science
Comic Story (1 page) Christopher Columbus First European to Learn About "Rubber"
Synopsis: How Columbus became the first European to encounter rubber, and how he introduced it to Europe.
Genre: Non-fiction Advocacy Biography History Math and Science
Characters: Christopher Columbus
Comic Story (0 pages) How It Got the Name "Rubber"
Synopsis: Priestly discovers rubber's properties as a pencil eraser.
Genre: Non-fiction Advocacy History Math and Science
Characters: Joseph Priestly
Comic Story (1 page) Waterproof Shoes Were One of the First Useful Articles Made of Rubber
Synopsis: How the French Academy of Science sponsors an expedition to learn more about rubber, leading to early practical applications.
Genre: Non-fiction Advocacy History Math and Science
Comic Story (2 pages) 1870 Dr. B. F. Goodrich Establishes First Rubber Plant in Akron
Synopsis: Goodrich establishes the first rubber plant west of he Atlantic seaboard, and turns Akron into the largest rubber manufacturing center of the world.
Genre: Non-fiction Advocacy Biography History Math and Science
Characters: B. F. Goodrich
Comic Story (1 page) The Automobile Enters the Picture
Synopsis: In 1896 Goodrich makes pneumatic tires for Winton autos, the first such tires in America.
Genre: Non-fiction Advocacy History Math and Science
Comic Story (1 page) The Laboratory Meets the Challenge
Synopsis: In 1895 Goodrich establishes the American rubber industry's first research laboratory.
Genre: Non-fiction Advocacy Math and Science
Comic Story (2 pages) Sir Henry Wickham
Synopsis: After raising rubber trees at Kew Gardens, the British transplant them first to Ceylon and then throughout southeast Asia, where large plantations and processing systems develop.
Genre: Non-fiction Advocacy Biography History Math and Science
Characters: Sir Henry Wickham
Comic Story (3 pages) Manufacture of Rubber Starts With the Right "Compound"
Synopsis: Chemists and scientists work out the composition of rubber, then create a synthetic rubber compound. This helps provide for American rubber independence as World War II approaches.
Genre: Non-fiction Advocacy Math and Science
Characters: Michael Faraday Dr. Waldo L. Semon John L. Collyer
Comic Story (1 page) December 7, 1941
Synopsis: War with Japan cuts America off from almost all its sources of crude rubber.
Genre: Non-fiction Advocacy History Math and Science
Comic Story (3 pages) How American-Made Rubber Is Produced
Synopsis: How synthetics are used in production of rubber in the U.S.
Genre: Non-fiction Advocacy Math and Science
Comic Story (1 page) Then Came Aggression in Korea!
Synopsis: The military takes crude rubber off the market when the Korean War begins, but Goodrich synthetic rubber fills the void.
Genre: Non-fiction Advocacy History Math and Science
Comic Story (1 page) BFG Tubeless Tires Made History!
Synopsis: Goodrich develops the tubeless tire in 1947, improving automobile safety.
Genre: Non-fiction Advocacy History Math and Science
Comic Story (2 pages) How a Tire Is Made
Synopsis: The process of making tires from embedding the cords to balancing the finished product.
Genre: Non-fiction Advocacy Math and Science
Comic Story (1 page) What's New in Rubber...
Synopsis: New products: superbonding cement, Mach 3 aircraft tires, and man-made tree rubber.
Genre: Non-fiction Advocacy Math and Science
Comic Story (1 page) Rubber in Automotive Transportation
Synopsis: How and where rubber is used in automobiles.
Genre: Non-fiction Advocacy Math and Science
Comic Story (3 pages) Rubber in Transportation
Synopsis: How rubber is used in construction, farming, marine applications, aviation, trucks and large vehicles, and police vehicles.
Genre: Non-fiction Advocacy Math and Science
Comic Story (1 page) Rubber Footwear
Genre: Non-fiction Advocacy Math and Science
Comic Story (2 pages) Rubber Helps Industry Do Unusual Things
Synopsis: Impressive out-of-the-ordinary uses for rubber.
Genre: Non-fiction Advocacy Math and Science
Comic Story (1 page) Rubber in Our Daily Lives
Synopsis: Home uses for rubber.
Genre: Non-fiction Advocacy Math and Science
Comic Story (1 page) Koroseal...
Synopsis: Uses for a new soft flexible synthetic.
Genre: Non-fiction Advocacy Math and Science
Comic Story (1 page) B. F. Goodrich Famous Firsts
Synopsis: Goodrich "firsts" from 1871 through 1967.
Genre: Non-fiction Advocacy History Math and Science
Comic Story (1 page) Research Leads the Way
Synopsis: Information about science careers and about the B. F. Goodrich research center at Brecksville, Ohio.
Genre: Non-fiction Advocacy Math and Science
Comic Story (1 page) Rubber Answers the Challenge of Space!
Genre: Non-fiction Advocacy Math and Science
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